SUSANVILLE —The Butte College men's basketball team won the Golden Valley Conference with plenty to spare.

Guard Jamaal Davis penetrated, drove to the basket and broke a 58-58 tie with 2 seconds left, giving the Roadrunners a 60-58 victory over Lassen on Saturday night — and the GVC crown.

Butte, now winners of 12 straight contests overall, improved to 8-0 in conference play with two games remaining. But with Lassen now saddled with three losses and the other GVC squads with at least that many, Butte has the title in hand with home games against Shasta next Saturday and Feather River on Feb. 20.

"They're pretty excited," Butte coach Russ Critchfield said about the victory and the title.

As well they should be. The Roadrunners entered Saturday's matchup ranked 11th in the state and sixth in Northern California in the latest California Community College Men's Basketball Coaches Association poll.

Butte, though, fell behind early, trailing most of the half as the Cougars knew a loss would end any chance of a title or at least a share of one.

"It was packed, a really great atmosphere," Critchfield said.

Lassen led for much of the first half. But Butte rallied after being behind 21-14 and finished the first half on a 5-0 run to tie the game at 27 at the break.

The Roadrunners continued the momentum into the second half, leading for much of it before Lassen tied the game at 58 with 16 seconds left.

Butte turned to Davis and he finished, both the game and the conference title with 2 seconds left and two games left.

"That's pretty good," Critchfield said.

Once the Cougars' desperation 3-pointer landed off the mark, the Roadrunners were celebrating.